The Muskegon Lumberjacks gained four players and lost three Thursday in two drafts conducted by the International Hockey League.

The first was a dispersal draft of the Kalamazoo Wings, who left the IHL to join the ECHL. The second was an expansion draft to stock the IHL's two newest franchises -- the Dayton Gems and the Quad City Mallards.

In the dispersal draft, the Muskegon Lumberjacks selected four players off the Wings' final roster from last season -- forward Lucas Drake in the first round, former Muskegon Fury defenseman John Glavota in the second round, forward Tommy Lange in the third round and Casey Handrahan in the fourth round.

Drake, who is from Holt and played at Western Michigan University, finished last season as Kalamazoo's leading goal scorer and was second in assists. A left-winger, Drake, 29, had 28 goals and 42 assists in 68 games for the Wings.

Glavota, 33, finished last season with 20 points in 75 games and had 104 penalty minutes for the Wings. The 6-1, 205-pound Sault Ste. Marie native played for Muskegon during the 2002-03 season.

Lange, a 21-year-old St. Louis native, had 25 goals and 24 assists last year, good for fourth among all rookies in scoring.

Handrahan, 29, shared the lead in scoring among defensemen for the Wings, recording 36 points on three goals and 33 assists. He was eighth overall in scoring for defensemen in the IHL.

In the expansion draft, teams were allowed to protect 13 skaters and one goaltender.
Each team could lose a maximum of three players.

Muskegon lost three players with Darryl McArthur chosen by Dayton in the second round, forward Jon Grabarek taken by the Gems in the fourth round and defenseman Shaun Fisher chosen by Quad City in the fifth round.

McArthur finished last season second in scoring for Lumberjacks defensemen with 46 points in 76 games.

Grabarek, a rookie from Wayne State, had 13 points in 30 games.

Fisher, who was originally acquired in a late season deal with Bloomington, played in 19 games, scoring 13 points.